Just a few miles down the road from where we're recording today, there's a cemetery that has in it a large, now-crumbling monument to a man named Joseph Coveney.

This is Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth. He was a disciple of some men whose names you might know, Thomas Payne and Robert Ingersoll, and Covenny

died on February 12, 1897, at the age of 92.

He was known for his hatred of God and the Bible and for his profane lifestyle and beliefs. The day after he died, the New York Times reported that on his deathbed, his children

begged him to renounce his atheism and to ask God for forgiveness.

And the story is that he responded in just a faint whisper,

Die as I have lived. I disbelieve in God, the Bible, and the

Christian religion. And those were Joseph Covenny's final words. In that same cemetery, there's another grave marker where Del Faisenfeld Jr. is buried.

Del was the founder of Life Action Ministries, and I had the privilege of serving under his leadership

for a dozen years or so until he died of a brain tumor at the age of 42.

And I remember sitting in his room as others were around during that season, but just a day or two before he slipped into unconsciousness

shortly before his home going. And at this point it had become extremely difficult for him to talk.

And as I was watching, he appeared to be sleeping, but all of a sudden, eyes still closed.

He started to speak.

And the words were faint but unmistakable.

Here's what he said.

Lord, please bring back your glory to your church.

Send the fire.

Turn the hearts of your people.

May they know that you alone are God.

Those were among Del Faisenfeld's final words.

What a contrast between the last words of two very different men.

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